Hoboken Police Blotter: Domestic fight results in 2 arrests

Jersey Journal file photoHoboken police arrested a former couple who was in a domestic fight over the weekend and needed to be taken to Hoboken University Medical Center.

A domestic fight between a former couple led to both being arrested in Hoboken on Saturday night, police said.

A 21-year-old Hoboken man was charged with simple assault, and a 19-year-old Union City woman was charged with aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes, police said.

On Saturday at 9:30 p.m., police were dispatched to 311 Harrison St., on the report of a man being slashed in the neck, reports said. They met with Johnathan Rodriguez who had a large gash behind his neck, reports said.

Police alerted Hoboken University Medical Center that he would be taken there shortly, reports said. Rodriguez told police that his ex-girlfriend Stacy Light, who is three-months pregnant with his child, struck him with a drinking glass and left the scene, reports said.

At 9:45 p.m., Light called 911 to report that she was assaulted by her boyfriend, police said. When police arrived at her location, Light was hysterically crying, reports said.

Light said she showed up to his apartment to return his house keys when they got into an argument, police said. She told police that Rodriguez punched her in the shoulder, and when she tried to leave, he choked her, report said. She told police that she then grabbed a glass from the sink and struck him, reports said.

According to reports, Rodriguez received 10 stitches on his neck. He told police that his ex-girlfriend was mad because he is dating another girl, reports said. He said he didn’t choke her, but rather, had her around the waist with his chest pressed against her back, reports said.

Light had red marks on her neck, chest and shoulder and was transported to the hospital, reports said. Both were arrested but have since been cleared, police said.